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To: allendale
"The reality is that despite huge expenditures procuring military ordinance, the Saudi army is an untested and unreliable ground force. The Saudi royals have absolutely no confidence that the rank and file will fight well or risk all to fight for the “kingdom”.

Big Bump, the Saudis are toast with out the US Army, Navy and Air Force propping them up. Looks like the one has no intention of propping them up. There best move is to entrench at home keeping their power dry. Kuwaitis must be shaking in their boots. In fact things are looking really bad for the "Gulf States" and the US dollar.

All in all looks like a great opportunity for China to secure access to middle east oil.

28 posted on 04/21/2015 12:34:46 PM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: jpsb

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/21/Saudi-King-orders-National-Guard-to-take-part-in-Op-Decisive-Storm.html
21 April 2015

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Abdulaziz ordered on Tuesday that the Kingdom’s National Guard take part in the military campaign against Houthi militias in Yemen, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

Minister of the Saudi National Guard Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah said his forces are on high alert and are ready to take part in Operation Decisive Storm, a Saudi-led coalition of 10 states battling the advance of the Iran-backed rebels.

The National Guard is “honored to answer the call to join their brothers and colleagues in other military bodies,” Prince Mutaib was quoted by Al Arabiya as saying.

The guard is a trained army of 100,000 men, divided into infantry units, mechanised brigades, special units and military police.


29 posted on 04/21/2015 12:39:15 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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